Saturday, 12 May 2018

Due to life, too much work, low energy levels and a sneaky trip "south" I've been absent from blogging for a while. Thanks to those who got in touch to ask if I was fine. I am! And I hope to get back to regular blogging too. For now just a few pictures from the last couple of days where we have had some lovely warm Spring weather. We are also getting our fair share of breezes and rain! But I treasure the lovely warm days, like today.

Above, the Hamnavoe sailing into Stromness. Below, the hens enjoying the sunshine. The daffodils are still in bloom. Really late this year!

The daffs are just going over and the tulips are out!

I love the brightness of the sea, it is so vivid!

And the grass is such a fresh green after the first cut. Lots coming up in the garden and lots to do! Over the wall, the Hamnavoe sailing OUT of Stromness this afternoon!

Meanwhile Madam Buttion is the only one with time to snooze on a garden bench! A little dusty as she has been rolling in the earth - the hens are not the only ones liking a dust bath!

And the sunsets have been glorious too. The sun has well and truly moved round the horizon.

And after the sun has set..... this was 10.30 on Weds!

Hope you enjoy the photos and hope to be blogging more regularly soon!

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Welcome to my blog which is about life on Graemsay (population approx 23), one of the smaller of the Orkney islands off the North of Scotland (UK). Life is quiet here so I don't always write daily but try to post several entries a month. Enjoy your browsing around the island.....

Nature

The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself.William Blake